At Odessa High School in Ector County ISD in Texas, physics teacher and science department chair Rebecca Orcutt has been an early adopter of Vernier Connections®—using the platform both in her own classroom and across her department.
Designed...
When I teach forces, friction is one of those topics where I really want students working hands‑on and looking closely at data. This fall, I used the Static and Kinetic Friction experiment from Physics with Vernier, and I added a variati...
Every day, my students cross 112th Street outside our high school—a busy, four-lane corridor with a 40 mph speed limit that often feels more like 50. When I asked my class how they feel when they walk home or cross that road, most of them had...
Last spring break, I came back to school ready to run my usual momentum lab, the classic egg drop, only to be met with an unexpected obstacle: egg prices. Breaking 80–100+ eggs over 5 class periods was going to be far too expensive.So I decid...
Candace Biggerstaff is a lab manager at the University of Florida, where she supports more than 3,000 general chemistry students each week across multiple lab sections and uses Vernier tools to help them conduct hands-on experiments with real-life a...
There are two questions that can really give some insight into complicated physics concepts. However, I want to do more than just ask the questions. I want to SHOW these situations using the Vernier Cart Fans.
OK, let me start off with the easier...
When it comes to innovation, CASE educator Jamie Christiansen and her agricultural science students are bringing home the bacon—and the data—to help local pork farmers thrive. Christiansen, who teaches in the Midland Community School District ...
At my school Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron, Ohio, I teach a semester of organic chemistry as an advanced science elective. Students who choose this course learn about carbon-based compounds, from alkanes to arenes, and use a range of Vernier...
Dr. Ann Nalley, a chemistry professor at Cameron University in Oklahoma and former president of the American Chemical Society (ACS), has dedicated her career to empowering both students and teachers through hands-on science education. With more than...
Physics Is Everywhere
British mathematician Roger Penrose once stated, “Sometimes it’s the detours which turn out to be the fruitful ideas.” I am always searching for innovative ways to connect what students are learning in my physics c...